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EUROSAM's Naval Systems comprise :

SAAM

Surface-to-air anti-missile for ship self-defense & consort protection.

Comprises a multi-function radar (Arabel or Empar), a ship-mounted Sylver vertical launch system, Aster 15 missile interceptors, Mara computer and Magics operator consoles.

SAAM AD

Surface-to-air anti-missile for self defence,
consort protection and area defence.

Comprises the Empar multi-function radar, ship-mounted Sylver A50 Vertical Naval Launchers, Aster 15 and Aster 30 missile interceptors, Mara computer and Magics operator consoles.

This system is a variant of the PAAMS (Principal Anti-air Missile System) developed for french, Italian and British navies.

 

System Performance

 SAAM SAAM AD
Mission
 Ship self-defence and consort protection Ship self-defence, consort protection and area defense
Surface coverage
 360 degrees
Multiple tracking capability
 >100 tracks 300 tracks
Simultaneous engagement capability
 10 targets 12 targets
Range - aircraft
 up to 30 km up to 100 km
Range - missiles
 up to 15 km up to 25 km 
Firing capacity
-Up to 48 ready to fire Aster missiles
-8 missiles fired within 10 seconds
-Up to 16 Aster missiles simultaneously
in flight to counter saturating attacks 
Reaction time
 -A few seconds from first autonomous detection of target to firing of first missile.

 

 
 
Parent Companies - MBDA - Thales